Bill Text: CA AB271 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Property Assessed Clean Energy program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-09-16 - Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Galgiani. [AB271 Detail]
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION
| Assembly Bill | No. 271 |
| Introduced by Assembly Member Caballero (Coauthor: Senator Galgiani) |
February 01, 2017 |
An act to amend Section 53356.2 of, and to add Sections 53340.8 and 53340.9 to, the Government Code, and to amend Sections 8680 and 8833 of, and to add Section 5898.34 to, the Streets and Highways Code, relating to the Property Assessed Clean Energy program.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 271, as amended, Caballero.
Property Assessed Clean Energy program.
(1) Existing law authorizes applicants, defined as including specified public agencies, entities administering Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing programs on behalf of and with the written consent of public agencies, or financial institutions, to assist property owners in financing the installation of distributed generation renewable energy sources, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, or energy or water efficiency improvements through the issuance of PACE bonds that are secured by voluntary contractual assessments, voluntary special taxes, or special taxes on property, collectively known as PACE assessments.
When foreclosure actions are ordered by a local agency or legislative body, or when subsequent installments and interest that are also to be made the subject of a foreclosure action thereafter
become delinquent, and the foreclosure action is not commenced and a notice of pendency of action is not concurrently recorded, prior to the actual removal of a delinquent installment from the tax roll, existing law requires the local agency or legislative body responsible for the foreclosure action on the delinquent installment to record or cause to have recorded in the county recorder’s office in the county in which the real property is located a Notice of Intent to Remove Delinquent Special Tax Installment from the Tax Roll.
This bill would authorize the county tax collector to direct the county auditor to remove a delinquent installment based on a PACE assessment from the county’s secured tax roll, rolls,
if it arises from a contract entered into on or after January 1, 2018. The bill would require the county tax collector, immediately upon that removal and for each parcel for which the delinquent installment was removed, to provide notice on the secured tax roll rolls of the removal.
(2) Under existing law, property taxes, if unpaid by specified dates, incur specified delinquency and redemption penalties.
This bill would require, as to PACE assessments arising from contracts entered into on or after January 1, 2018, except for PACE
assessments subject to specified law which requires deposit in a tax losses reserve fund, that specified penalties and costs, whether collected on the secured tax roll or pursuant to a sale or foreclosure, penalties be deposited in a restricted county fund. fund when collected by the tax collector, or that those penalties be remitted to the tax collector for deposit in that fund when collected by any party other than the tax collector. The bill would require the county in possession of the fund to appropriate those moneys only for the purpose of offsetting general fund property tax revenues of local taxing agencies that are lost when a
that moneys in the fund be transferred to the delinquent tax sale trust fund for the deficit amount, to be distributed pursuant to specified law if any property subject to a PACE assessment is sold at a tax defaulted land sale for less than a specified minimum price. The bill also would exempt provide that those PACE assessments removed from the tax roll pursuant to paragraph (1), above, from those would not accrue further penalties.
Because this bill would require counties to deposit those penalties and other specified costs in specified funds, this bill
would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 53356.2 of the Government Code is amended to read:53356.2.
(a) When any foreclosure actions are ordered by the local agency or legislative body, or when subsequent installments and interest that are also to be made the subject of a foreclosure action thereafter become delinquent, and the foreclosure action is not commenced and a notice of pendency of action is not concurrently recorded, prior to the actual removal of the delinquent installment from the tax roll, the local agency or legislative body responsible for the foreclosure action on the delinquent installment shall do one of the following:(1) Prior to the actual removal of the delinquent installment from the tax roll, the local agency or legislative body
shall record or cause to have recorded in the county recorder’s office in the county in which the real property is located, a Notice of Intent to Remove Delinquent Special Tax Installment from the Tax Roll, which contains the information set forth in subdivision (b). If action is taken under this paragraph, all of the following apply:
(A) Upon presentation of written proof of the recordation and a request for removal by the local agency or legislative body, the county auditor shall remove the delinquent installments from the tax roll. “Proof of recordation” includes, but is not limited to, a certified copy of the notice set forth in subdivision (b), or a copy of the recorded notice containing the county recorder’s assigned document number, or a copy of the recorded notice containing a copy stamp from the office of the county recorder.
(B) From the date of the recordation, the county tax collector shall be credited upon the current tax roll with the amount charged against him or her on account of the delinquent special tax installment. If any person pays the delinquent installment referred to in the Notice of Intent to Remove Delinquent Special Tax Installment from the Tax Roll to the county tax collector prior to or subsequent to the actual removal of that delinquent installment from the tax roll, the county auditor shall forward that payment to the local agency or legislative body responsible for the foreclosure action.
(C) From the date of recordation pursuant to this section, the special tax installment, and interest thereon, and penalties, costs, fees, and other charges accrued under applicable statutes, that
are to be collected in a foreclosure action, shall no longer be collectible by the county tax collector.
(D) The county tax collector, in addition to the costs recovered in foreclosure, may charge the actual costs incurred in removing these sums from the tax roll or the performance of any other related duties as set forth in this section.
(E) Installments, interest, penalties, costs, fees, and other charges that do not become the subject of a foreclosure action shall remain collectible by the county tax collector as otherwise provided by applicable law.
(2) As an alternative to the notice requirement set forth in paragraph (1), the Counties of San Bernardino and Riverside may, simultaneously with the removal of the
delinquent special tax installment from the secured tax roll, provide notification on the secured tax roll that the installment has been removed from the roll for each parcel for which the delinquent special tax installment was removed. The notice shall be displayed in a manner which conveys that the removal has occurred, and shall include the name and telephone number of the person or entity to be contacted to receive further information.
(b) The Notice of Intent to Remove Delinquent Special Tax Installment from the Tax Roll shall be completed and recorded by or caused to be recorded by the local agency or legislative body responsible for the foreclosure action, and shall contain all of the following:
(1) The name of the local agency or legislative body, city, or other
assessment district responsible for the foreclosure action.
(2) The legal description or assessor’s parcel number of the property affected by the notice.
(3) The specific tax year and installment intended to be removed from the tax roll.
(4) The title, address, and telephone number of the employee, city official, or other authorized official who should be contacted regarding the delinquent assessment installment amount.
(5) The name of the owner shown on the last equalized assessment roll.
(c) Any local agency or legislative body that removed or caused to be removed a delinquent special tax installment
from the ad valorem tax roll prior to January 1, 1997, shall record, by July 1, 1997, a Notice of Intent to Remove Delinquent Special Tax Installment from the Tax Roll or shall request the tax collector to retain the notice of delinquent special tax installment on the tax roll as set forth in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a). If the foreclosure action has been filed and a notice of pendency of action has been recorded in the county recorder’s office prior to July 1, 1997, this requirement does not apply.
(d) All costs associated with the county tax collector’s and local agency’s or legislative body’s responsibilities as set forth in this section shall be recoverable by the local agency or legislative body through the foreclosure action.
(e) The recording of a notice of pendency
of action in the county recorder’s office in the county in which the real property is located, concurrent with the commencement of a foreclosure action ordered by the local agency or legislative body and commenced prior to the actual removal from the tax roll of the delinquent installment which is the subject of the foreclosure action, constitutes compliance with the notice requirements of this section.
(f) (1) This subdivision shall apply only to a delinquent installment based on a voluntary contractual assessment, voluntary special tax, or special tax, as described in subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 26054 of the Public Resources Code, that arises from a contract entered into on or after January 1, 2018.
(2) (A) The county tax collector may
direct the county auditor to remove a any delinquent installment from the county’s secured tax roll. rolls.
(B) Immediately upon that removal, for each parcel for which the
any delinquent installment was removed, the county tax collector shall provide notice on the secured tax roll rolls that the delinquent installment has been removed. The notice shall be displayed on the secured tax roll rolls in a manner that conveys that the removal has occurred, and may include the name and telephone number of the person or entity to be contacted to receive further
information.
SEC. 2.
Section 53340.8 is added to the Government Code, to read:53340.8.
(a) For purposes of this section, “PACE assessment” means a voluntary contractual assessment, voluntary special tax, or special tax, as described in subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 26054 of the Public Resources Code.(b) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, for a property subject to a PACE assessment that accrues a penalty or cost pursuant to Section 2617, 2618, 2621, or 4103 of the Revenue and Taxation Code and that is subject to subdivision (e) of Section 53340, that accrued penalty or cost
applicable to the PACE assessment, whether when collected on the secured tax roll or pursuant to a sale or foreclosure, by the tax collector, shall be deposited in the restricted county fund created pursuant to Section 53340.9. If collected pursuant to a
sale or foreclosure, the holder of the lien based on the PACE assessment by any party other than the tax collector, that party shall remit the penalty or cost to the county tax collector within 30 days of the sale or foreclosure. for deposit in the restricted county fund created pursuant to Section 53340.9.
(2) This subdivision shall apply only to a property with a PACE assessment that arises from a contract entered into on or after January 1, 2018.
(3) This subdivision shall apply regardless of whether the local agency has covenanted to foreclose on behalf of the bondholder pursuant to Section 8830 of the Streets and Highways Code or subdivision (b) of Section 53356.1 of this code.
(4) This subdivision shall not apply if the PACE assessment is or was subject to the alternative procedure authorized by Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 4701) of Part 8 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. For a PACE assessment described in this paragraph, penalties, when collected, shall continue to be deposited in the tax losses reserve fund created pursuant to Section 4703 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(c) (1) Except as specified in paragraph (2), a property subject to a PACE assessment shall not be
subject to an agreement wherein the authority to collect a defaulted lien based on a PACE assessment is transferred to, subject to, or contingent upon, third-party approval or another arrangement or agreement by the lienholder, unless that lien has been removed from the county’s secured tax roll rolls and the right to collect the PACE assessment and any defaulted lien amount is returned to the administrator
holder of the PACE program. lien.
(2) This subdivision shall not apply to a PACE assessment made subject to, on or before January 1, 2018, a contractual waiver of the right to foreclose, or other arrangement or agreement between a lienholder and a lender, or a lienholder and another third party, wherein the agreement requires approval by the other party prior to the lienholder’s exercise of foreclosure.
SEC. 3.
Section 53340.9 is added to the Government Code, to read:53340.9.
The county shall create a restricted fund to receive moneys described in subdivision (b) of Section 53340.8 and subdivision (b) of Section 5898.34 of the Streets and HighwaysSEC. 4.
Section 5898.34 is added to the Streets and Highways Code, to read:5898.34.
(a) For purposes of this section, “PACE assessment” means a voluntary contractual assessment or voluntary special tax, as described in subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 26054 of the Public Resources Code.(b) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, for a property subject to a PACE assessment that accrues a penalty or cost pursuant to Section 2617, 2618, 2621, or 4103 of the Revenue and Taxation Code and that is subject to Section 5898.30, that accrued penalty or cost
applicable to the PACE assessment, whether when collected on the secured tax roll or pursuant to a sale or foreclosure, by the tax collector, shall be deposited in the restricted county fund created pursuant to Section 53340.9 of the Government Code. If collected pursuant to a sale or
foreclosure, the holder of the lien based on the PACE assessment by any party other than the tax collector, that party shall remit the penalty or cost to the county tax collector within 30 days of the sale or foreclosure. for deposit in the restricted county fund created pursuant to Section 53340.9.
(2) This subdivision shall apply only to a property with a PACE assessment that arises from a contract entered into on or
after January 1, 2018.
(3) This subdivision shall apply regardless of whether the local agency has covenanted to foreclose on behalf of the bondholder pursuant to Section 8830 of the Streets and Highways Code or subdivision (b) of Section 53356.1 of this code.
(4) This subdivision shall not apply if the PACE assessment is or was subject to the alternative procedure authorized by Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 4701) of Part 8 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. For a PACE assessment described in this paragraph, penalties, when collected, shall continue to be deposited in the tax losses reserve fund created pursuant to Section 4703 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(c) (1) Except as specified in paragraph (2), a property subject to a PACE assessment shall not be subject to an agreement wherein the authority to collect a defaulted lien assessment based on a PACE assessment lien is transferred to, subject to, or contingent upon, third-party approval or another arrangement or agreement by the lienholder, unless that lien has been removed from the county’s secured tax roll
rolls and the right to collect the PACE assessment and any defaulted lien amount is returned to the administrator holder of the PACE program. lien.
(2) This subdivision shall not apply to a PACE assessment made subject to, on or before January 1, 2018, a contractual waiver of the right to foreclose, or other arrangement or agreement between a lienholder and a lender, or a lienholder and another third party, wherein the agreement requires approval by the other party
prior to the lienholder’s exercise of foreclosure.
SEC. 5.
Section 8680 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended to read:8680.
(a) The unpaid assessments shall be payable in annual installments corresponding in number and proportionate amount to the number of installments and principal amounts of bonds maturing or becoming subject to mandatory prior redemption in each year pursuant to Section 8650.1. An annual proportion of each assessment shall be payable in each fiscal year preceding the date of maturity or mandatory prior redemption date of each of the bonds which have been issued, sufficient to pay the bonds when due. The annual proportion of each assessment coming due in any year, together with the annual interest on the assessment, shall be payable in the same manner and at the same time and in the same installments as the general taxes of the city on real property are payable, and the assessment installments and the annual interest on the assessment shall be payable and become delinquent at the same times and in the same proportionate amounts and, except as provided in subdivision (b), shall bear the same proportionate penalties and interest after delinquency as do the general taxes on real property of the city.(b) (1) The legislative body may provide, in the resolution of intention to do the work, that a penalty of 2 percent per month of the total amount of the delinquent installment shall be added to the delinquent installment after the close of business on the delinquency date and an additional penalty of 2 percent of the amount of the delinquency shall be added at the beginning of business on the 10th day of each succeeding month
until that delinquent installment and all penalties thereon are fully paid. This penalty shall be in lieu of all other penalties assessed by other provisions of law. The treasurer or the designated paying agent shall collect the penalties with, and as a part of, the delinquent installments, or the legislative body may designate another official and another method of collection. All penalties collected shall be deposited in the redemption fund.
(2) Voluntary contractual assessments, voluntary special taxes, and special taxes, as described in Section 26054 of the Public Resources Code, removed from a county’s secured tax roll
rolls pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 53356.2 of the Government Code or subdivision (f) of Section 8833 of the Streets and Highways Code shall not be subject to the accrue further penalties and interest described in subdivision (a).
SEC. 6.
Section 8833 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended to read:8833.
(a) When any foreclosure actions are ordered by the local agency or legislative body, or when subsequent installments and interest that are also to be made the subject of a foreclosure action thereafter become delinquent, and the foreclosure action is not commenced and a notice of pendency of action is not concurrently recorded, prior to the actual removal of the delinquent installment from the tax roll, the local agency or legislative body responsible for the foreclosure action on the delinquent installment shall do one of the following:(1) Prior to the actual removal of the delinquent installment from the tax roll, the local agency or legislative
body shall record or cause to have recorded in the county recorder’s office in the county in which the real property is located, a Notice of Intent to Remove Delinquent Assessment Installment from the Tax Roll, which contains the information set forth in subdivision (b). If action is taken under this paragraph, all of the following apply:
(A) Upon presentation of written proof of the recordation and a request for removal by the local agency or legislative body, the county auditor shall remove the delinquent installments from the tax roll. “Proof of recordation” includes, but is not limited to, a certified copy of the notice set forth in subdivision (b), or a copy of the recorded notice containing the county recorder’s assigned document number, or a copy of the recorded notice containing a copy stamp from the office of the county recorder.
(B) From the date of the recordation, the county tax collector shall be credited upon the current assessment roll with the amount charged against him or her on account of the delinquent assessments or reassessments. If any person pays the delinquent installment referred to in the Notice of Intent to Remove Delinquent Assessment Installment from the Tax Roll to the county auditor prior to or subsequent to the actual removal of that delinquent installment from the tax roll, the county tax collector shall forward that payment to the local agency or legislative body responsible for the foreclosure action.
(C) From the date of recordation pursuant to this section, the assessment or reassessment or installment thereof or interest thereon, and penalties, costs, fees, and other charges
accrued under applicable statutes, that are to be collected in a foreclosure action, shall no longer be collectible by the county tax collector.
(D) The county tax collector, in addition to the costs recovered in foreclosure, may charge the actual costs incurred in removing these sums from the tax roll or the performance of any other related duties as set forth in this section.
(E) Installments, interest, penalties, costs, fees, and other charges that do not become the subject of a foreclosure action shall remain collectible by the county tax collector as otherwise provided by applicable law.
(2) As an alternative to the notice requirement set forth in paragraph (1), the Counties of San Bernardino and Riverside may, simultaneously
with the removal of the delinquent special assessment installment from the secured tax roll, provide notification on the secured tax roll that the installment has been removed from the roll for each parcel for which the delinquent special tax assessment was removed. The notice shall be displayed in a manner that conveys that the removal has occurred, and shall
include the name and telephone number of the person or entity to be contacted to receive further information.
(b) The Notice of Intent to Remove Delinquent Assessment Installment from the Tax Roll shall be completed and recorded by or caused to be recorded by the local agency or legislative body responsible for the foreclosure action, and shall contain all of the following:
(1) The name of the local agency or legislative body, city, or other assessment district responsible for the foreclosure action.
(2) The legal description or assessor’s parcel number of the property affected by the notice.
(3) The specific tax year and installment intended to be
removed from the tax roll.
(4) The title, address, and telephone number of the employee, city official, or other authorized official who should be contacted regarding the delinquent assessment installment amount.
(5) The name of the owner shown on the last equalized assessment roll.
(c) Any local agency or legislative body that removed or caused to be removed a delinquent assessment installment from the ad valorem tax roll prior to January 1, 1997, shall record, by July 1, 1997, a Notice of Intent to Remove Delinquent Assessment Installment from the Tax Roll or shall request the tax collector to retain the notice of delinquent assessment installment on the tax roll as set forth in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a).
If the foreclosure action has been filed and a notice of pendency of action has been recorded in the county recorder’s office prior to July 1, 1997, this requirement does not apply.
(d) All costs associated with the county tax collector’s and local agency’s responsibilities as set forth in this section shall be recoverable by the local agency or legislative body through the foreclosure action.
(e) The recording of a notice of pendency of action in the county recorder’s office in the county in which the real property is located, concurrent with the commencement of a foreclosure action ordered by the local agency or legislative body and commenced prior to the actual removal from the tax roll of the delinquent installment that is the subject of the foreclosure action, constitutes
compliance with the notice requirements of this section.
(f) (1) This subdivision shall apply only to a delinquent installment based on a voluntary contractual assessment or voluntary special tax, as described in subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 26054 of the Public Resources Code, that arises from a contract entered into on or after January 1, 2018.
(2) (A) The county tax collector may direct the county auditor to remove a delinquent installment from the county’s secured tax roll. rolls.
(B) Immediately upon that removal, for each parcel for which the delinquent installment was removed, the county tax collector shall provide notice on the secured tax roll rolls that the delinquent installment has been removed. The notice shall be displayed on the secured tax roll rolls in a manner that conveys that the removal has occurred, and may
include the name and telephone number of the person or entity to be contacted to receive further information.
